Pre-production for the web show was completed almost entirely from three different states: NY, PA, and CA. The writers/producers communicated with one another online.
One of the first literary web series to feature male characters as the primary vloggers.
One of the first literary web series to feature multiple proposals and marriages.
Dorian University, the Ivy-League college the characters attend, is a shoutout to Oscar Wilde's book, The Picture of Dorian Gray. More than 50 Wilde references are made throughout the series.
To fit the modern world some of the relations in the play had to be changed: Algy had to become step-cousins with Gwen instead of biological cousins, and Jack had to become a close friend of Cecily's, instead of her guardian.